A Heart Frozen Over (MHA X HxH)

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Silva and Echo glanced at each other for a moment, seemingly having a silent conversation with facial expressions and eyebrows. After a few moments, Echo tilted her head slightly at him. "Can you...smile for me?" Gon looked down. "Why?" Silva sighed. "Can you at least...pretend?" Pretend... Gon looked up, then forced his mouth into a smile. Not just the mouth, but the rest of his face as well. Echo and Silva's eyes widened. "Hold on" Echo poked his face with a finger. "That's...fake?" Gon blinked, then let his smile fade. He was now staring at them both with a blank expression. "Yeah..." Echo's eyes shimmered. "Woah! I couldn't even tell it was fake!" Silva nodded, looking slightly impressed. "That's the best fake smile I've ever seen. How are you so good at it?" Gon shrugged, he didn't really have an answer. Echo gathered the pillows under her to prop herself up some more, then wiggled her hands a little. "Wait! Wait! Can you do...fear?"

Gon thought for a moment, before widening his eyes and tensing his body up, imitating fear as best as he could. His breath even came a little faster. Echo jumped slightly, then clapped as he brought his face back to monotone. "That was awesome!" Silva frowned slightly. "You're sure that's not your quirk?" Gon blinked. A quirk was an ability you were born with. "No" Echo hummed for a moment. "What is your quirk?" That, Gon didn't have an answer for. But, he couldn't say that. Everybody had a quirk as far as he could tell. So, he didn't answer. Gon looked down and stroked Dawn's sleeping head instead. Echo moved on instantly, catching on to his 'next' signal. "How old are you? I'm almost 14" Silva huffed, Gon glanced up again to see her rolling her eyes. "But with your attitude, people might think your still 10" Echo stuck her tongue out at her, then jabbed Silva in the shoulder with a finger. "Silva's 15, she likes to rub in the fact that she's older than me" Then she smiled over at Gon. "You?" He shifted a little, causing Dawn to awaken for approximately a second and a half before falling back asleep. "13 and a half"

Echo squealed. "We're like, 2 months apart!" Silva rolled her eyes again. "Wouldn't call 13 and 8 months 'almost' 14" Echo pouted slightly. "Why not?" She scoffed. "it's 4 months away" Gon watched them bicker for a while, when Silva grinned and flicked Echo between the eyes. "Idiot-", "Hey!" Gon looked down, heart cracking once more. This time his breath hitched slightly as an image flashed through his mind. "Baka!" Killua said, flicking Gon between the eyes. He clutched it with a slight pout. "Itai!" Dawn let out a long meow, climbing up onto his chest and rubbing her head against his cheek, dissipating the memory. Both Silva and Echo paused, Gon gently wrapped his arms around Dawn, who purred and curled up in his arms. "What'd the cat say?" Silva whispered to Echo. She whispered back, but Gon could hear them even though they were trying to be quiet. "She said, 'Nooo stop. Don't do that, it makes him sad' what was she talking about? I don't remember doing anything-"

"Mrrrow Mrrrn Nmmrrow" Echo gasped slightly, then whispered furiously again to Silva. This time, he could only hear bits and pieces of it. "S.....Said.....Thing Happened When........aw My Eye......ick........ell......Sensitive......side...............Careful"

(Made the start of each word capitalized so you can tell what's whole and what's not. You know, if you want to try to decode -3-)

Gon mumbled quietly to Dawn, unaware the other two could hear him. "Why do you do that? Mr. Aizawa said you don't like people in the first place. What makes you like... me?" Dawn leaned up and rubbed her cheek on his own. "Mrrrnn. Mrnnnnnrrr" She half purred. Suddenly, his phone rang. Gon blinked, then slowly slid his phone out of his pocket. Neither of the two girls spoke, Gon was holding Dawn with one arm as he put the phone to his ear. "Mr. Aizawa?" He said, in monotone. "It's been 2 and a half hours, where are you?" Gon glanced around slowly. "I...don't know" Aizawa let out a frustrated sigh on the other end. "Well figure it out so I can come get you, or find your way home by yourself" Then he hung up. "So...who was that?" Echo asked curiously. Gon turned off his phone. "Mr. Aizawa. I'm...staying at his house" Silva thought for a moment. "What'd he say?" Gon shifted to sit on his knees instead. "He asked me where I was, I left his apartment 2 and a half hours ago. He said to either figure out where I was so he could come get me or find my way home myself"